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EPA proposes slight ease in 2018 renewable fuel volumes compared to 2017; gearing up for future reset

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Relative to the levels finalized in 2017, the proposed 2018 volume requirements for advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel are lower by 40 million gallons. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to reset volume targets when certain conditions are met. Final 2017. EPA will issue the final rule in the fall. —Administrator Pruitt.

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EPA grants 31 small refinery exemptions for RFS

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The Clean Air Act (CAA) exempted small refineries from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program through compliance year 2010; the CAA also authorized EPA to extend the exemption for two years. In 2017, the RVO exemptions jumped to 1,820 million RINs from 790 million the year before. billion gallons of ethanol demand? resulting in the?destruction?of

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POET-DSM claims cellulosic biofuel breakthrough with new pretreatment system for increased production

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POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels says it has achieved a major breakthrough in cellulosic biofuels production at its Project LIBERTY plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. This is an enormous step forward for clean, American-made biofuel. POET-DSM said that 2017 has been a year of rapid progress in Emmetsburg: Solved the challenge of pretreatment.

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EPA finalizes RFS volumes for 2019 and biomass-based diesel volumes for 2020

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The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set annual RFS volumes of biofuels that must be used for transportation fuel for four categories of biofuels: total, advanced, cellulosic, and biomass-based diesel. billion gallons of fuel between 2015 and 2017.

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EPA proposes renewable fuel volume obligations for 2020

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The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set annual RFS volumes of biofuels that must be used for transportation fuel for four categories of biofuels: total, advanced, cellulosic, and biomass-based diesel. —Curt Mether, President of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. Proposed and Final Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements for 2019-2021.

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